Effects of parental survival on clutch size decisions in fluctuating environments

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 459-475

  Haccou, Patsy ^a   McNamara, John M ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arithmetic mean fitness; Clutch size; Fluctuating environments; Geometric mean fitness; Parental survival

Indexed keywords

CLUTCH SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIATION; MODELLING; PARENTAL SURVIVAL;

EID: 0031981145     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006524922128     Document Type: Article

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